Tickets for Gotham Classic will go on sale Thursday

Tickets for the inuaugural Gotham Classic featuring Syracuse and Temple will go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m. Syracuse and Temple will meet at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 22.

Tickets for the Gotham Classic may be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at 866-448-7849 or through Ticketmaster.com, starting at 10 a.m. on Thursday.

In the Gotham Classic's new format, Syracuse and Temple will playing three games on campus beginning December 15 before taking on each other at the World's Most Famous Arena on Saturday, Dec. 22. The other three teams in the event will travel to both Syracuse and Temple before facing each other, with one game at home and the other on the road.

Match-ups for the 2012 Gotham Classic, television details, and the entire field will be announced at a later date.